Comparison

ChordScope vs Jazzlore Scales

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ChordScope

Features
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ChordScope visualizes harmony in real time from MIDI input. Connect a MIDI keyboard or controller and play. ChordScope detects the chord you’re playing and highlights the corresponding notes on a one-octave piano keyboard.Β  Notes that belong to the chord’s scale are shown clearly, making harmonic relationships easy to understand at a glance. Ideal for musicians, composers, and learners, ChordScope provides immediate visual feedback to help you explore chords and progressions as you play.

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Jazzlore Scales

Features
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The scales every jazz musician should know, drawn and played. Most scale apps are exhaustive β€” every mode of every key, every exotic scale from every tradition, presented as a database to scroll through. Jazzlore Scales is the opposite: a focused reference for the scales that actually get played over jazz changes. Dorian, mixolydian, melodic minor, the bebop scales, the altered scale, the symmetric scales β€” the vocabulary you need at your fingertips when you're soloing or comping. - Which scale, which chord. Every scale shows the chord context where it lives. Look up the scale to find the chord; look up the chord to find the scale. - Audio for every scale. Hear it played cleanly, in a register that lets you sing it back. Internalize the sound, not just the spelling. - Staff notation. See the scale written out, not just named. Reading the intervals matters. - Clean, distraction-free interface. Large, legible, dark by default. Made to sit on top of the piano while you work. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Open the app, look up the scale, hear it, close the app, go practice. Part of the Jazzlore family of jazz reference apps. Free, open source, ad-free, made for musicians.

Screenshots

ChordScope2 screens
Jazzlore Scales4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Jazzlore Scales at 16.0 against ChordScope's 18.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 4 level
ChordScope versus Jazzlore Scales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordScopeJazzlore Scales
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimo SeebergerAurelien Fontaine

In-app purchases

None

ChordScope

No in-app purchases

None

Jazzlore Scales

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChordScope free?
ChordScope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jazzlore Scales free?
Jazzlore Scales is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChordScope or Jazzlore Scales have ads?
Neither ChordScope nor Jazzlore Scales shows ads.

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